Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-07-14
Correspondence Of the Beaoon.l
SAMOHT SAYS HIS SAY.
Baltimore, July II. ISL


week | wrote ]; and stuck il in mid
night collection box and you should have
had il Tuesday night guess Uncle Sans
collector had been somewhere celebrating
the 'Forfershuly' and didn't get around
10 make his late collections. was cele-
brating the day myself That is started
out o. do 30.
| left Baltimore on the night OF the 3rd
10 visit friend in the country. After
started found that the steamer was on
didn't stop where wanted 90 go. / had
to keep on however. got of at what |
conceived, at that time. 10 be the next best
place. l landed at 3 a. m, on the glorious
Fourth, on deserted beach. That Is |
thought it was deserted when first landed,
but it wasn't soon found that il WAS
thicklY inhabited. The inhabitants seemed
glad 10 meet me too. But they expressed
their hospitality in a way that was not
pleasant 10 my feelings.
The inhabitants / speak of were black
dog and seventeen billions OF yellow
winged gnats. The dog laid himself down
in the sand and grinned at me- The gnats,
as many as could, spread themselves affec-
tionately over my hands and face. Some
crawlcd up the legs of my pants. And
every time / slapped at the gnats the dog
crawled nearer and growled and grinned
horribly. concluded after mental cal
culation based on the rule of three, that the
bites of seventeen billions of yellow gnats
would not be a bad as that of one mad
dog, So let the gnats 20 ahead and watch
ed the dog. | am not positive whether the
dog was mad or not, but am willing TO
make an affidavit that was. Yes, | was
very mad.
spent two hours and thirty minutes in
the company Of the dog and the gnats. |
thought at that time that it was about four
months. Then people around began to
wake up and after inquiring the way 10
friends house got up and walked down
the beach, and got my shoes full of sand
which with lot Of sand burrs | brought
back with me that night. have them
laid away as "reminiscences Of my trip. |
have thought since got back that if had
only have carried along a pack of fire-crack-
crs and a few spit devils, that dog and those
gnats and yonr correspondent might have
had the biggest Fourth Of July celebration
ever held since IN, or somewhere along
there
Well II get h. that friends house | spoke
Of, hal Ia 20 through thicket Of small
pines and blackberry bushes. | stayed at
the house awhilr ami had a pleasant chat
and then to"k tia return boat for home ar
irving at -" =. IN. then wrote You
short letter, mailed il and retired.
About midnight dreamed that | had
fallen into tank Of red hot molten iron
and awokc. was burning from nv eve
hr"ws down, ami affected with DISPOSE
tim Ia scratch. ! scratched until daylight.
Then | discovered that among the other
relies | had collected on my trip Were 600
"hlgrcS. ! thought 1T first there We're 900
but as | would scorn TO lie about few red
chigres | counted them in order to be cor
rect and found there We're only SOB. l
captured all but one That one went into
my right ankle and got out of sight before
! could catch it. From the feeling in that
spot now | think it is about half way
through and am watching for il 10 come
out on the other side. Think il has grown
some since il went in.
llurrah for the Fourth of July,
II looks now Is if the next Governor will
be r. +. jackson of Wicomico county. In
fact believe il is a torgonc conclusion that
he will bc nominated Ii is understood
that Compton will not be a candidate He
prefers it il said, a. serve out his term in
Congress, Ii i probably better tor his
constituency that he should d. 50, for he
has done more for the people of his district
than any representative since can rcmem-
Der.
jackson will have pretty large vote
from the Eastern Shore, and with the
Southern MARYLAND counties and the scat
tering votes conceded him from Baltimore
and Western Maryland il is probable that
he will be nominated on the first ballot.
Ii look very much that way now. lie will
make u good Governor, and next 10 Comp
tn had rather see him elected than any
man who has been spoken of
Everything is going on quietly here but
about the time for the primaries il will be
lively enough. The three cornercd fight
will wax warm shortly. Ii is conceded
that the Rasin faction will carry fourteen
wards and the other six will be about
equally divided between Morrison and
Slater.
The fourteen Rasin wards will send
Hodges delegates 10 The Gubernatorial CON
venti"n but they won't be enough 10 give
him any show. Hodges friends are work
ing very hard for him. One of them told
me the other day that wasn't good
democrat because said wouldn't vote for
Hodges if he was nominated. | reminded
him ot the fact that was s. democrat while
his Honor the Mayor was known as kick
or and tried Ia break up democratic con-
ventions. Then he went away back wonder
and said wasn't democrat, because
refused e. vote for Horace Greedy for PreSi-
dent don't care to go raking over old
homes in grave yard 10 argue from, but if
Horace Grecly was democrat didn't
know it.
| have seen very few people from -.
Mary in the past few days. Captain JEDI
I.nknr lbs Ian nm I'm. -.nttin.r ahn h,ilnrs